Facial-massage apparatus.



G. G. BECK.

FAGIAL MASSAGE APPARATUS. I

APPLICATION FILED 1111.4, 1911.

1,007,636, Patented Oct. 31, 1911.

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GEORGE C. BECK, OF SPOKANE, WASHINGTON.

FACIAL-MASSAGE APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 4, 1911.

PatentedOct. 31, 1911. Serial No. 600,693.

T 0 all whom, it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE C. BECK, acitizen of the United States, and a resident of Spokane, in the countyof Spokane and State of Washington, have invented certain Improvementsin Facial-Massage Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an apparatus for use in applying hot water to the face,and constitutes an improved substitute for hot-towels which are commonlyused for facial treatment.

The apparatus includes a water pan or open-top receptacle havingattachments for inflow and outflow of hot water, and a device adapted tobe held in the mouth for supplying air to support respiration while theface is held immersed in the water con tained in the pan.

In the accompanying drawing Figure 1 illustrates the manner of using theapparatus, the water pan and respiratory device being shown in section.Fig. 2. is a perspective view of the respiratory device. Fig. 3 is aperspective view of a nose clamp employed in the massaging operation.

The pan or hot water receptacle 1 has sufficient depth to allowimmersion of the face, as shown in Fig. 1, and is provided near the top,at opposite points, with an in flow pipe 2 and an outflow pipe 3, towhich, in practice, flexible pipes will be attached, as shown by dottedlines, for conducting hot water to and from the pan.

In order to prevent hot water, upon its entrance into the pan, fromcoming into immediate contact with the face, a guard 41, preferablyconstructed of sheet metal, is arranged to cover the discharge end ofthe inflow pipe 2 and extend down into the pan to a point near thebottom thereof, its upper end being preferably constructed as a hook 4to adapt it for convenient suspension to, and detachment from, the pan.It will be understood that the guard 4 is curved transversely in crosssection, thus forming a water-conduit with the adjacent portion of thepan. Instead of employing the parts 2, 3, and 4: in the mannerindicated, the pan may be placed upon a stove or other heater, and thusthe water may be raised to, and maintained at, the required temperaturefor the requisite length of time.

The respiratory device 5 is a hollow body in the form of a crescent, thesame being preferably constructed of sheet steel and having open endsand also an opening 6 in the center of the inner side. On each side ofsaid opening two laterally projecting lugs or flanges 7 are arranged,the members of each pair being separated by a narrow space but of asufficient width to receive the incisor teeth of the party using theapparatus. The nose clamp 8 is constructed as a plate spring inU-formsee Fig. 3-and is applied as shown in Fig. 1.

In using the apparatus, the pan 1 being filled to the requisite depthwith hot water, the same being allowed to flow through the pan asdescribed, or raised to the required temperature by placing the pan on aheater, the face is immersed and held in the water, as shown in Fig. 1,the nose clamp 8 having been first applied and the respiratory device 5arranged in the manner shown, the horns thereof extending up on thesides of the cheeks and the central portion held in the mouth, so thatthe air opening 6 is entirely covered, while the teeth enter the spacesbetween the lugs or flanges 7, as shown in Fig. 1, whereby the device isheld in place without difficulty. The horns being of a sufficient lengthto project above the pan, it is apparent that respiration may proceedindefinitely or as long as it is required to hold the face in the hotwater to secure the desired effect. By this means, the face may betreated without the necessity of frequently removing it from, andre-inserting it in, the water, as commonly practiced. It is to beunderstood that one of the horns of the respiratory device may bedispensed with, although the form shown is much to be preferred.

It is preferred to construct the device in crescent form, that is tosay, with a greater diameter and capacity in its lower or middleportion, in order to adapt it to receive and hold water, if it shouldfind entrance, by accident or the carelessness of the patient, betweenhis lips and through the openings 6. There is, however, practically nodanger that suificient water can accumulate in this way in the device 5to reach and obstruct the air-opening 6.

The apparatus is adapted for domestic or home use as well as for use bybarbers and facial masseurs, and is a. most effective and safesubstitute for hot towels, by which skin diseases are sometimescommunicated.

What I claim is 1. A respiratory device consisting of a hollow rigidbody having an air opening and adjacent lugs or flanges adapted forengagement With the teeth of the patient, the body being curved upwardtherefrom and open at the outer end, substantially as described.

2. A respiratory device constructed as a rigid tubular body in crescentform and open at the outer ends, and provided centrally on the innerside With an air opening adapted to be covered by the mouth of thepatient When the device is in use, and laterally projecting flangesarranged on opposite sides of the opening for engagement With the teethof the patient, substantially as described.

3. The improved respiratory device formed of a hollow rigid body incurved form, the same having open ends, a central air opening on theinner side, and tWo pairs of flanges arranged adjacent to the opening onopposite sides of the same, the members of each pair being separated bya narrow space, for the purpose specified.

GEORGE O. BECK.

Witnesses:

MURRAY T. DAVENPORT, HARRY WV. OLNEY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

